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Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun ˈsɔ̂lːɛnˌtʉːna kʊˈmʉːn) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area. Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Järfälla, Upplands Väsby, Täby and Danderyd in clockwise order starting to the south. Since 1995 the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality is statistically counted to the multimunicipal city of Stockholm. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inh.) are in Täby urban area. Sjöberg is constituting a locality of its own. The municipality is subdivided into the following districts according to population as of 31 December 2021 Befolkningsstatistik Tureberg, 19 127 inhabitants Rotebro, 8 824 Helenelund, 12 678 Edsberg, 12 338 Viby, 5,748 Sjöberg, 4,705 Häggvik, 5 518 Norrviken, 3,349 Vaxmora, 2,635 Järvafältet, 186 Total 75 108 Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and Edsviken—the latter a bay of the Baltic Sea. Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice tour skating during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 km long skating track on Norrviken. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake. Other lakes: Fjäturen Ravalen Rösjön Väsjön Översjön Snuggan Djupan Sollentuna municipality was founded in conjunction with the reform of local government in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are almost equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish, which dates back to the 12th century. Well into the 20th century, Sollentuna was a predominantly rural area. Modern Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala and Stockholm, inaugurated in 1866. Five of the eight districts that make up the municipality today correspond to railway stations, now operated by Stockholm commuter rail system. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is Sollentuna Station), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro.
